Metro

Bhubaneswar: A newborn baby girl was found abandoned near Maharaja Cinema Hall in Acharya Vihar area here in the wee hours of Friday. “The infant's condition is normal,” said Saheed Nagar police station inspector in-charge (IIC) Dilip Kumar M Bhuyan, adding that she has been...

Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the Odisha BJP headquarters here Friday and discussed ways to strengthen the party in the eastern state. Modi spent around two hours at the party office during which he interacted with its leaders and workers. “Went to the @BJP4Odisha...

Bhubaneswar: Union Home Minister Amit Shah Friday presented the 'Second Best Police Station' award to Pattapur Police Station in Ganjam district of Odisha. Sabyasachi Malla, Inspector-in-Charge, received the award with a ‘certificate of appreciation' from Shah at the All India DGP/IGP Conference here. Odisha DGP...

Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday hit out at Opposition parties, alleging that they regularly engage in spreading propaganda against the BJP-led central government. Modi, addressing party workers in Bhubaneswar, also said that the Opposition has only one aim, “to somehow capture power by misleading...

Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached Bhubaneswar on a three-day visit to the state Friday. He was accorded a grand welcome upon arrival at the Biju Patnaik International Airport. PM Modi later in a carcade went to a special felicitation programme organised by Odisha BJP...

Bhubaneswar: Union Home Minister Amit Shah reached Bhubaneswar Friday to attend the All India DGP/IGP Conference. Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Union Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram, Deputy Chief Ministers KV Singh Deo and Pravati Parida along with other senior...

Bhubaneswar: Potato prices increased marginally in Odisha during the last two days as West Bengal has imposed restrictions on the supply of kitchen essentials to the state, traders said Friday. Hundreds of potato-laden trucks have been stranded near the Odisha-Bengal border as the vehicles have...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has deployed special enforcement teams in various districts to curb the illegal inflow of paddy from neighbouring states during the procurement season, the state government said Friday. So far, 84 enforcement teams have been deployed in various districts, including 10 in...

Bhubaneswar: Several areas of Odisha recorded light rainfall Friday due to the formation of a deep depression over southwest Bay of Bengal. State capital Bhubaneswar, which is gearing up to welcome Prime Minister Narendra Modi later in the day, experienced drizzle this morning with a...

Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah are scheduled to visit Odisha for three days from Friday, during which they will attend the All India DGP/IGP Conference starting in Bhubaneswar later in the day. Ahead of his tour, the Prime Minister...